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Ex-Christie Ally Appears in Court

Bridget Kelly Appeared at a Hearing About Turning Over Documents in the George Washington Bridge Scandal

A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who was fired in the wake of the George Washington Bridge access scandal appeared in court on Tuesday in an effort to avoid turning records relevant to the matter. Michael Amon reports. Photo: AP.

TRENTON--A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who was fired over the George Washington Bridge scandal appeared in court on Tuesday, a rare turn in public since the disclosure of a now-famous email: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."

Those words have largely defined Bridget Kelly, Mr. Christie's former deputy chief of staff, for the past two months. She sent the email about a month before the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey caused crippling traffic jams by closing local access...